As described in the previous section, the Script editor provides many useful features and properties to help developers write scripts efficiently.
You can modify these and other properties.
Some properties are shared
Some properties you specify for the Script editor also affect the file editor, Source editor, Debugger, and the Interactive SQL and Activity Log views in the Database painter.
To specify Script editor properties:
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Select Design>Options to display the Options dialog box for the painter.
The Options dialog box includes four tab pages that affect the Script editor: Script, Font, Coloring, and AutoScript.
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Choose the tab appropriate to the property you want to specify:
To specify
Choose this tab
Tab size, automatic indenting, whether dashes are allowed in identifiers, which compiler and database messages display, whether line numbers, white spaces are displayed, whether texts are automatically wrapped
Script
Font family, size, and color for the Script editor
Font
Text and background coloring for PowerScript syntax elements
Coloring
Whether AutoScript is enabled and what kind of assistance it provides
AutoScript
